1 mg to .75 is a 25% reduction, that's a lot. Moving forward, you may not be able to make reductions of that size, more like 5-10% at a time, or less, depending on how your system handles it. GO SLOW. Consult the Ashton Manual, because most doctors don't know shit about tapering the benzo patients they created. In that arena, we are largely on our own. Benzo withdrawal is a very individualized thing. You may move reasonably smoothly through a gradual taper, making small cuts and holding until you feel stabilized enough to do it all over again. Or it may be more complicated and difficult than that, as it has been for me, also a long term benzo patient. I have found it impossible to get off this drug, to my great distress, but I am in the minority from what I understand. Both taking benzos and stopping benzos can cause the symptoms you describe - my very bad sleep, anxiety, headaches, mood swings began as I reduced K, not while I was on a steady dose. It's withdrawal, and you are experiencing it because you hit tolerance, so effectively you are already in withdrawal while still on the drug. Best of luck with it.

My doctor helped me taper off by reducing the dose by .25 every two weeks. It does get extremely trying towards the end, but you have to keep in mind that it is temporary even though it is extremely hard and uncomfortable. I also had tinnitus and it has dissipated immensely since stopping this awful drug. The secret is to power through those hard times with whatever you’ve got in you! I used meditation, visualization, and exercise. It took me two months before I felt fairly decent and I only took .75 mg a day for 3 months. Good luck to you.

I have been taking 1mg Klonopin at bedtime for sleep, Xanax before that for a total of 19 years. My doctor stopped prescribing it and sent me to a psychiatrist who encouraged me (not forced) to taper off of it as it is not good for older people. I will soon be 65 so I agreed to the taper. We are taking it very slowly, reducing by .25mg every 8 weeks. I have sometimes reduced in 5-6 weeks on my own. I am at .25mg now. I can't say it's been great fun, but it hasn't been awful either. I think my brain is given a chance to recover and change and I've developed a new relationship with sleep. I don't get anxious if I am not sleeping but meditate or pray instead. Many times I will fall asleep again. I do believe going very slowly with the taper is key. Maybe you could stay on the .75mg for a few more weeks, then go to .5 for up to 2 months, then .25. That seems to be working for me.